I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer my view of the world becomes.

No. Don't never go looking for love girl. Just wait. It'll come. Like the rain fallin' from the heaven, it'll come. Just don't never give up on love.

I probably have not killed anyone in America because I write, I've maintained good controls over myself by writing.

... in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. Love, sacrifice, and death.

The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us.

The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.

The joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I think it's the greatest art.